On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:39:25 -0700, slide wrote:

On 2/16/2013 9:52 AM, Wayne B wrote:

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In my opinion the best hurricane protection in SE Florida is to go up
the Okeechobee Waterway from Port St Lucie to above the first lock.


I'm not sure a boat like mine with a 63 foot mast height can do that. I
doubt Skip's 7' depth would allow him to either. I'm not sure, though.

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Mast height is not an issue until the 49 foot railroad bridge just
before Lake Okeechobee at Port Mayaca. There is no need to go that
far however since the lock is not that far west of Port St Lucie.
The controlling depth for the Waterway is 8 feet, so 7 feet of draft
should be doable. St Lucie inlet is a no go but access to the
Okeechobee Waterway from the ICW is fine.

There are some local guys at Port Mayaca who specialize in getting 65
foot masts under the 49 foot bridge by heeling them over with water
bags:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpX_2akoPzA

Different bridge he

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGAzt-8minI